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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Hidatsas and Mandans made tools, housewares, clothing, toys, and musical instruments from things that were available nearby or sometimes farther off if the material was important in the production of the item. In this lesson, students will tell a story by designing a buffalo robe like people did during Knife River Village days and they will discuss and portray how people might describe the life-ways of today one hundred years from the present using their media of choice.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Students will know that different tribes had different types of homes and lifestyles. They will learn about life in an earth lodge from Wahanee and have an opportunity to visit an earth lodge at Knife River and to design and build a replica tipi.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Students will learn how men contributed to the dietary needs of the people living at Knife River Indian Villages through hunting, trapping, fishing and foraging through reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned model and through dramatization in song or skit writing.

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Lesson Plans

Subjects:

History, Language Arts, Reading, Writing

National/State Standards:

Social Studies:
Fourth Grade
4.1.1,4.1.3
Eighth Grade
8.1.1 ,8.1.2

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

This lesson focusses on the resilience of the Hidatsa, Mandan and Arikara and the progress they are making toward reestablishing their cultural identity through education and traditional spiritual beliefs.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Many arts and crafts of the Hidatsa served a utilitarian purpose such as parfleches, which were multipurpose cases made of rawhide, and burdon baskets that could carry large amounts of much needed items like vegetables. In this lesson, students will explore how burdon baskets and parfleches were made then construct, make and decorate a replica parfleche.

Type:

Lesson Plans

Grade level:

Fourth Grade - Eighth Grade

Subjects:

American Indian History and Culture, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Community, Family Life

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Students will learn how women shaped the lives and livelihoods of the tribes living at Knife River Indian Villages through agricultural practices and trade by reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned) model and through experiential learning.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Students will learn how the Treaty at Fort Laramie established a territory for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) and how that land base was reduced through the Allotment Act of 1887. They will also gain understanding about how the Garrison Dam impacted the lives of the Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) and forced them to relocate to what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

In Economy and Trade: Pre 1845, students will learn about trade relations between tribes prior to European contact and how their experience prepared them for success in dealing with explorers and traders after European contact by re-enacting trading as it was practiced at Knife River Villages.